Umbrella-stand.



G. W. MOMO, in.

UMBRELLA STAND.

APPLICATION man 1220.6. 1916.

' Pmtentefl Jan. 7, 1919.

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UMBRELLA-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 7, 1919.

Application filed necember 6, 1916. Serial 1510.135311.

To all whom it may concern: i a

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. Monro, J r.,

a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of New York, inthe county of New York and State of New York, have no vented a certainnew and useful Umbrella- Stand, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to umbrella stands, and particularly to the typeknown as collapsible stands, and the principal ob ect of my invention isto provide a simpllfied, inexpensive, and improved umbrella stand ofthis type that may be quickly and conveniently set up for use, and whichmay be readily and conveniently rendered inoperative, when not in use,and converted into a collapsed compact form to occupy but a small volumeof space.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

1n the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a general perspective v1ew of the umbrella stand, as itappears when set up in operative state.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentarysectional slde elevation of the umbrella standshown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the umbrella stand, showing it incollapsed form, with its parts folded in inoperative state.

A shallow elongated tray 1 of sheet metal, adapted to containdrip-water, is provided with suitable bumpers 2 and a plug 3, held by achain 4, that closes an opening 5 for letting out accumulated drip waterwithln the tray. At each end of the tray 1 is located a support 6 thatis secured to hinges 7 fixed to the tray-bottom 8 near its intersectionwith the end-walls 9, whereby each support 6 is capable of being swungabout its hinges 7 from an upright position, shown in Figs. 1, 2, to ahorizontal position against the tray-bottom 8, as shown in Fig. 3. Toeach upright 6 is secured a pair of anglestrips 10 that serve asbrackets upon which may be placed a pair of positioning racks 11 in themanner shown in Figs. 1, 2. The racks 11 are maintained firmly in place,against longitudinal and lateral displacement, by means of tubularportions 12 at the ends thereof fitting over upstanding pins 13projecting from the brackets 10. Said racks retain the supports 6 inupright state against swinging toward the interior of the tray 1, andthe supports are firmly held against swinging outwardly by leaningagainst the end-walls 9 of the tray. Each rack 11 comprises arectangular frame 14, subdivided into a plurality of small squares 15,by bars 16 extending longitudinally thereof and cross-bars 17 extendingright angularly to the bars 16. When therefore it is desired to place anumber of umbrellas into the stand they may be all readily andconveniently positioned therein by means of passing each umbrellavertically downwardly through a square 15 of the upper rack 11 andthrough an alined square 15 of the lower rack, the lower rack 11 thusholding the base of each umbrella in position upon the trayfloor 8 andthe upper rack positioning the umbrella in upright state.

To setup the umbrella stand ready for use as shown in F ig. 1, it merelyrequires swinging the supports 6 to their upright position andplacingthe racks 11 upon their brackets 10 in operative state. When not in usethe stand may be conveniently rendered inoperativeand entirely convertedinto compact collapsed form, shown in Fig. 3, by merely removing theracks 11 from thebrackets 10, folding the supports 6 into the interiorof the tray 1, and placing said racks within said tray on top of thefolded supports 6. After thus collapsing the umbrella stand it occupiesno more room or gross volume than the tray solely, and the entire standmay be therefore placed out of the way in any convenient location bypositioning the tray upon its end-wall 9 or its side-wall 18. All of theparts of the umbrella-stand are preferably made of metal, and the standcan be manufactured easily and economically.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention. I

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1.'An umbrella stand havingthe combi nation of a base-tray adapted to collect dripwater, a pair ofsupports each of which is. hinged to the interior of said tray at thejunction of the bottom and a side thereof to prevent disconnection ofsaid supports and tray and afford a firm base for the stand, each. ofsaid supports having a pair of sustaining devices, and a pair ofremovable positioning racks each adapted to be maintained in place onsaid supports by resting on a sustaining device of each of said supportsand both of said racks being adapted to coact jointly to retainumbrellas in vertical position within the stand.

An umbrella stand having the combination of a tray, supports hinged tothe interior of said tray to prevent disconnection of said tray andsupports and afford a firm base for the stand, sustaining devices onsaid supports, and removable positioning racks each of which is adaptedto be maintained in place on said supports by resting on a sustainingdevice of each of said supports and both of 'saidracksbeing adapted tocoact jointly to retain umbrellas in a vertical position Within thestand.

Signed at the city of New York, in the county of New York, and State ofNew York this 2nd day of December A. D. 1916.

GEORGE W. MORIO, JR;

Witnesses:

CHAS. W. LA Bun, B. ROMAN.

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